Oregon’s endangered silverspot butterflies typically pupate into chrysalises over the course of several hours, in a nocturnal process rarely observed by humans. But in this time-lapse footage, members of the Oregon Zoo’s butterfly lab have combined over 15,000 photographs to compress the transformation into a matter of seconds.
Read more about the Oregon Zoo’s silverspot conservation efforts on the zoo’s website.
http://www.oregonzoo.org/conserve/fighting-extinction-pacific-northwest/oregon-silverspot-butterfly
